Worst pro sports owner?

Worst pro sports ever considering Win/Loss %, Fan Engagement, and Employee Relations?

  • Dan Snyder- Washington Redskins

    Votes: 11 26.2%
  • Marge Schott- Cincinnati Reds

    Votes: 13 31.0%
  • Dan Nolan- NY Knicks/Rangers

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • Donald Sterling- LA Clippers

    Votes: 13 31.0%
  • Michael Bidwill- AZ Cardinals

    Votes: 11 26.2%
  • Mike Brown- Cleveland Browns

    Votes: 4 9.5%
  • Bozo the Clown

    Votes: 4 9.5%

  • Total voters
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dreamcastrocks

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Why do you want multiple votes if you want us to choose the worst all time?
 
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It’s a historical list. It did say worst owner ever…. My bad for not making that more obvious. I thought including Marge Schott and Bozo the Clown would make it clear. Oops.
 

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Ted Stepien should be on that list. He left the Cavaliers in a shambles.
Marge with Donald right on her heels. Both are racist POSs. IMO
These are the two I voted for. Schott might have had a World Series winner, but she was a horrible person. Sterling wasn't any better.

They're so bad they almost make you think you can put up with Robert Sarver or Michael Bidwill if the teams win occasionally.

I'd say each major league has a handful of bad owners, and some add "terrible human being" to that. I'm not sure if the Cardinals organizational issues make Bidwill both or if he's just cheap and incompetent.
 

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Bidwill is @ss but living in Maryland, I had a front row seat to Dan Snyder’s poo palace. He made hating the redskins easy and rewarding. No matter how much he’d spend every year, failure was inevitable. It was pure bliss.
 

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Sterling and it isn't even close.

I remember hearing a story told by former Clippers players that they would often stay at different hotels when they would visit cities because Sterling would refuse to pay hotel bills.

Of course there was also his racist rant that was recorded by his mistress. He lucked into a few winning teams but he would always sabotage the team because he would refuse to pay.
 

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Jerry Reinsdorf
Bill Bidwill
Marge Schott
Jimmy Haslem
Bob Nutting
 
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